[sdiy] Bourns 51/53 potentiometer opinions?

[Neil Johnson]

Hi,

Mattias Rickardsson wrote:
> Anyone with experience of Bourns 51/53 series pots?
>
> With their metal shaft/bushing they seem like a more high-quality  
> pot than Bourns 91-99 series, a bit more like Spectrol 148/149  
> series perhaps. Or even better?

Yes - _very_ nice pots.  I bought three trays of 10k linear cermet  
pots with integrated PCB support bracket on eBay a few years back.   
Including airmail from the US they worked out at 30c each.  Very  
impressed with the quality.

Neil
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